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To: John Hunt who wrote (28393)	2/16/1999 12:49:00 PM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116903

John. Keep posting. Their soother has to be around here somewhere : - )............. Iraq warns U.S. allies will pay price for hosting warplanes Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press By LEON BARKHO BAGHDAD, Iraq (February 16, 1999 8:44 a.m. EST nandotimes.com) - Baghdad warned U.S. allies Tuesday that they will pay a high price for hosting American and British warplanes that patrol "no-fly" zones over Iraq. The warnings carried by Iraq's state-controlled media came one day after Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Baghdad would attack a Turkish base for U.S. warplanes if the jets continue patrolling Iraqi skies. It was the first time in years Iraq has threatened to attack its northern neighbor. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has promised swift U.S. retaliation in the event of an Iraqi attack. U.S. jets based at Incirlik, in southern Turkey, have struck almost daily at Iraqi defense sites after being targeted while patrolling the no-fly zone over the Iraq's north. In Ankara, Deputy Iraqi Prime Minister Tariq Aziz Tuesday defended his government's threat. "The U.S. and British planes are killing Iraqis, are destroying Iraqi property and this is not acceptable," Aziz said. "A Turkish airbase should not be used by the Americans and British to hurt Iraqis." Iraq has also threatened to strike at bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, from which U.S. and British jets patrol a southern no-fly zone. "Time has run out for American and British aggressors and those supporting them," the al-Jumhouriya newspaper said in a front-page editorial. "They shall pay a heavy price." Al-Qadissiya, the newspaper of the Iraqi armed forces, said that it "must be made clear and obvious to them that ... the price for their ongoing aggression will be very high." Turkish officials did not immediately react to the remarks. In Kuwait, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Iraqi threats reflect Baghdad's "aggressive intention toward its neighbors." On Monday, Ramadan said in an interview with Radio Monte Carlo that "if the Turkish base continues attacking Iraq it will certainly be (targeted) like other bases" in the Gulf. Ramadan made his remarks just hours after Aziz held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit in Ankara. Aziz went to Turkey to try to persuade the Turkish government to halt the flights from Incirlik base. Ecevit, however, insisted that use of the base would continue. U.S. warplanes attacked Iraqi defense sites in northern Iraq on Monday, the Defense Department said in Washington. The planes returned safely to Incirlik, U.S. officials said. Iraq said Western planes also had carried out attacks in the southern no-fly zone, killing five civilians and injuring another 22. The U.S. statement made no mention of strikes in the south, and the Iraqi claims could not be independently confirmed. The no-fly zones were set up after the 1991 Gulf War to prevent Iraqi aircraft from attacking Kurdish rebels in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south of the country. Iraq has never accepted the validity of the zones, which were created by the United States, Britain and France and are not authorized by the United Nations. France later withdrew its participation in the enforcement of the zones. Aziz, who traveled to Turkey through the Iraqi Kurdish areas, questioned the validity of the zones. "They claim they are protecting the Kurds from Iraqi government," he said. "Then how can an Iraqi deputy prime minister travel so easily?" The United States says Iraq has violated the zones 90 times since it began challenging them in December. U.S. and British planes have retaliated by attacking more than 40 Iraqi air defense sites. Iraq says at least 32 people have been killed in these attacks.